FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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owner or owner's, for any of the purposes declared to be

unlawful by section two hundred and three of this article,

or has the same in possession on premises occupied, used or

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controlled by such person or persons or body corporate, for

warrant

any of the purposes so declared to be unlawful, the said

justice of the peace may issue his search warrant to any

officer of the law to whom such warrant may properly be

directed, and cause the premises designated in the warrant

to be searched, as in other cases in which search warrants

are issued in accordance with law, and if any one or more

such kegs, founts, bottles, jugs, vessels, bottled beer crates,

or boxes, shall be found in upon or about the premises so

designated, the officer executing the said search warrant

shall thereupon report the same under his oath to the said

justice of the peace, who shall thereupon, upon said report,

and upon the oath of auy person or persons charging any

violation of the provissions of section two hundred and three

of this article, issue his warrant for the arrest of the said

person or persons against whom such charge or charges shall

be made and cause him or them to be brought before him

for trial.

206. The several justices of the peace in the respective

counties of this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with

Jurisdic-
tion of

the Circuit Courts for their respective counties, and the ;

justices of

justice of the peace selected to sit at the respective station-

the peace.

houses in the City of Baltimore shall have concurrent juris-

diction with the Criminal Court of Baltimore in the case of

persons arrested for the violation of the provisions of section

two hundred and three of this article, and such respective

justices shall proceed to hear and determine such cases

when the parties arrested upon charges of said violation are

brought before them, respectively, and to acquit such per-

sons or to sentence such persons for the offence if convicted

thereof, unless such respective person so charged, when so

brought before said justices of the peace, respectively, and

before they are respectively tried as aforesaid, shall pay

jury trial. If any person charged with the commission of

any one or more of the several offenses mentioned in section

two hundred and three of this article, brought before auy

justice of the peace, shall pray a jury trial as aforesaid, it

shall be the duty of said justice of the peace to commit such

person for trial or to hold him to bail to appear before the

Criminal Court of Baltimore City or the Circuit Court for

the county, as the case may be, and to return the commit-

ment or the recognizance in such case, immediately to the

clerk of said court.

Approved April 2nd, 1892.